The question is, if a user buys a Sapphire card and then replaces the cooler that came with the card is the warranty still in effect? The simple answer to this is no, any modification of the card voids the warranty.
Now a lot of people have been asking why, I think the majority understand but I felt a clarification was in order for those that do not.
So according to Vapor-X, the representant from Sapphire on some forums, just changing the Thermal paste on their GPU voids the Warranty.
How is that stupid?
People who wants to put a nice waterblock on their sapphire cards are stopped by this stupid Policy. How can a big company like Sapphire do this crap to the enthousiasts community like us.
I'm really shocked by this.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1444881/sapphire-after-market-coolers-and-warranty
That's the correct answer to a simple question, otherwise everyone and his wife would apply their own 'cooling solutions' to every Sapphire card ever built. I'm sure if the question was more succinctly phrased the answer would be more appealing. The very wide scope of the question demands the narrow negative answer.So according to Vapor-X, the representant from Sapphire on some forums, just changing the Thermal paste on their GPU voids the Warranty.
How is that stupid?
People who wants to put a nice waterblock on their sapphire cards are stopped by this stupid Policy. How can a big company like Sapphire do this crap to the enthousiasts community like us.
I'm really shocked by this.
[URL="http://www.overclock.net/t/1444881/sapphire-after-market-coolers-and-warranty"]http://www.overclock.net/t/1444881/sapphire-after-market-coolers-and-warranty[/URL]
You sir are an artist.
So according to Vapor-X, the representant from Sapphire on some forums, just changing the Thermal paste on their GPU voids the Warranty.
How is that stupid?
People who wants to put a nice waterblock on their sapphire cards are stopped by this stupid Policy. How can a big company like Sapphire do this crap to the enthousiasts community like us.
I'm really shocked by this.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1444881/sapphire-after-market-coolers-and-warranty
Did people really actually believe that it is standard to warrant major modifications? Why do they want to pay for people who don't know what they are doing changing the cooling, when they have charts and data to show the life expectancy with the original setup?
You overvolt or mess with the cooler, except for a few select AIBs...you don't have a warranty. I am sure you will find that Sapphire is not alone if you read the fine print at most AIB warranties.
SCORE
17019 with AMD Radeon R9 290X(4x) and Intel Core i7-3930K Processor
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1191468
3930k @ 5ghz
Corsair Dominator GT @ 2400mhz
Quad 290x @ easy 1200mhz/1550mhz
( I still have more room in the GPUs, I can all run them at 1260mhz / 1650mhz )
Hmm... K|NGP|N's #1 spot has a 27.5% higher GPU score than you with a 3930K is OCed to 5.7 GHz and 1700/1950MHz GPU clocks on LN, this equates to a 14% higher CPU overclock, 41.67% higher core frequency, and 25.8% higher memory frequency... Oddly, he is only running 2 dimms :whiste:
Compartively, his run at 5.7 GHz 3930K with quad Titans at 1408/1799MHz GPU clocks on LN only had a GPU score of 24966 which is 11% higher than your modest OC on water
Based on those figures, it does appear that the 290X quadfire does perform better Titans. Curious to find out how the 780 Ti compares.
Futuremark finally updated their Hall Of Fame and my modest overclock did spot #9
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1191468
This run was done with 1200/1550 and I think I can raise that to 1275/1650mhz on the four cards. I will wait for more WHQL drivers before doing more benches.
Awesome setup, truly insane and Bf4 looks great on triple monitor.
If you ever come to Quebec city with The Beast, let me know, I would love to see it in real!!!
I don't think I will bring that massive thing to Quebec though . My GF comes from Quebec city, Laurette Ville.
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Off topic, my GF took a pic of our little boy this week and I had to share it with you, its priceless
His reaction when he saw your rig in action for the first time?
Lol, yeah
Lol, yeah
His reaction when he saw your rig in action for the first time?
Why do you need two different clock speeds for those benchmark runs?